Climate averages 1991–2020

Sokoto weather
in March.

A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 38.5°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 23.5°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a very hot month in Sokoto: daytime highs average 38.5°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Birni N Konni (82 km away). In March its highs average 38.4°C, about as warm as Sokoto, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Sokoto ranks joint 8th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 12th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 34.2°C; Sokoto is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 40.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.6 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Sokoto climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Sokoto, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	31.6°C17.7°C	17.7°C	0	0.0	11.411 h
February	34.8°C20.1°C	20.1°C	0.2	0.0	11.712 h
March, selected	38.5°C23.5°C	23.5°C	0.4	0.2	12.112 h
April	40.5°C26.6°C	26.6°C	2.6	0.9	12.412 h
May	39.4°C27.8°C	27.8°C	21	4.9	12.713 h
June	36.9°C26.7°C	26.7°C	33	8.0	12.913 h
July	33.1°C24.7°C	24.7°C	82	14.2	12.813 h
August	30.6°C23.5°C	23.5°C	171	18.8	12.613 h
September	32.6°C24.1°C	24.1°C	68	9.2	12.212 h
October	35.7°C23.9°C	23.9°C	13	2.9	11.812 h
November	35.1°C21.2°C	21.2°C	0	0.0	11.512 h
December	32.2°C18.6°C	18.6°C	0	0.0	11.411 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

March in nearby cities

Distance from Sokoto

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sokoto) is explained once on the Sokoto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.